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To: Joan Osland Graffius who wrote (96757)	7/20/2002 3:53:33 PM
From: Stephen L. Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

I'm looking at HQH -- currently trading at a 22% discount to NAV. Mr. Tin turned me onto this a few years ago. Share price ($15.00) is at Nov. '99 level. Does anyone know where I can find a historical chart showing discount/premium of share price to NAV for specific closed-end funds?

To: Joan Osland Graffius who wrote (96757)	7/20/2002 4:01:00 PM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 132070

I asked him what he thought was cheap and two ideas he came up with was Xcel and Quest. Ah, Xcel. They incorporated NSP (Northern States Power). Remember the old Minnesota TV commercials from the fifties, with the wheat penny and the effervescent jingle?... "Electricity is penny-cheap from NSP to you!"

To: Joan Osland Graffius who wrote (96757)	7/20/2002 6:06:28 PM
From: Amir Shalit	Respond to of 132070

Joan, last time a broker called me was about two years ago. He recommended Metro Media Fibre which recently went BK. It was trading at $30 and I said that I value it at about $1. I was away too optimistic as it turned out. <g> Amir

To: Joan Osland Graffius who wrote (96757)	7/23/2002 7:27:00 AM
From: geewiz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Joan, I noted your post over the weekend and wonder if I identified the two utilities you mentioned, XCEL; biz.yahoo.com and QUEST; biz.yahoo.com I understand the concern about debt on XCEL, 2.6 debt/equity but am less certain about QUEST - a microcap utility with natural gas reserves and debt/equity less than 1 the reason I ask is my search for value in the NG sector; do you see any hope in this sell-off for some of the pipeline companies? DYN got a great deal on the pipeline from Enron; biz.yahoo.com If the funding over the next few quarters can be pasted together this will be a gold mine for future revenue....according to YAHOO the stock is trading at 25% of book value, but of course no one really knows what book value is now! How can I find a listing of their bonds? all YAHOO gives is the stock thanks for your help, art